1929– Swiss molecular geneticist and Nobel Prize winner who discovered restriction enzymes.
Keywords: enzymes; molecular genetics; bacterial viruses; lambda bacteriophage
Arber, Werner
WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002729
| Further Reading | |
| Arber W (1962) Biological specificities of deoxyribonucleic acid. Pathological Microbiology 25: 668–681. | |
| Arber W (1974) DNA modification and restriction. Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology 14: 1–37. | |
| book Arber W (1984) Genetic Manipulation: Impact on Men and Society. New York: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Arber W (1992) "Promotion and limitation of genetic exchange". In: Nobel Lectures. Physiology or Medicine 1971–1980, pp. 471–492. Singapore: World Scientific. | |
| book Meldrum M (1990) "Werner Arber". In: Fox DM (ed.) Nobel Laureates in Medicine or Physiology, pp. 4–7. New York: Garland. | |
| book Schlessinger BS (1996) The Who's Who of Nobel Prizewinners 1901–1995, 3rd edn, p. 374. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press. | |
| book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 30–32. New York: HW Wilson Co. | |
